# Back in my day, BRS Gross Anatomy was all the rage.
# The only actual textbook you will ever read is Guyton and Netter
# Resist the urge to buy every textbook or review book you see
# Get a Step I review book and start reading it early
# Get a 12-month subscription to one of the Step I / Level I Qbanks
# Do 20-30 questions related to what you studied every day
# You will hear a lot of advice on how to succeed and how you should study. Ignore it and decide for yourself what works for you.
# If lecture attendance isn't required, don't go. You will be much happier, relaxed, and sane if you use the lecture time for independent study in the library and go home in the evening to relax and unwind
# Play as hard as you work, and don't be afraid to regress back to acting like a college freshman
# Pretend you actually can palpate things or diagnose things in OMM and the faculty will leave you alone
# Don't worry about looking like an idiot and just accept that you are an idiot and will be for many years into your career as an attending
# There's nothing wrong with being wrong
# If you don't know something, don't fall apart because of it. Learn where to look for the answer
# The sooner you realize that OB/GYN sucks, the better off you will be
# Don't think that you can, "learn what I need to do and learn to be efficient later". Start with the goal of being efficient in both note writing and doing focused interviews and physicals. Otherwise, you will be one of the poor interns that leaves at 1AM every day instead of on time. (Even on med wards, I never left after 10PM)
# Don't fail the first exam. If you do, it's still ok.